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But Hayden believes that, with every passing match, United will get stronger.

He added: “Pre-season’s always a little bit different to the league or competitive matches, because you have that competitive edge and mentally it’s a little bit different.

“But we’ve had a decent pre-season, we’ve prepared properly for the first game as every team does, just on the day maybe with a little bit more luck and a couple of penalty decisions not having gone our way it’s left a disappointing result.

“It’s disappointing to concede from a set-piece again and we just have to take our chances.

“We had a few opportunities in the second half and it was frustrating not to take any of them but that’s football and we have to move on.”